After nearly half a month of fierce competition, the 2024 U17 Women's Asian Cup came to an end not long ago, and in the final battle, the North Korean women's football team defeated the defending champion Japan women's football team 1-0, successfully lifted the championship trophy, and became the new "king of Asia"!
In this U17 Women's Asian Cup, the performance of the North Korean women's football team can be said to be quite strong, facing the second seed South Korean women's football team in the group in the opening game, the North Korean women's football team defeated the opponent 7-0 bloodlessly, and firmly held the initiative of qualifying in their own hands. Immediately after facing the Philippine women's football team, they once again went on a killing spree, beating their opponents 6-0, easily winning two consecutive victories, and getting the ticket to the knockout round one round earlier. In the final round, facing the weakest Indonesian women's football team in the group, the North Korean women's football team bloodied the opponent with a score of 9-0, locked the first place in the group with three consecutive wins, and marched into the top 4 with their heads held high!
The opponent of the North Korean women's football team in the semifinals is the Chinese women's football team, which has attracted everyone's attention, but in the face of the huge strength gap, the Chinese women's football team failed to create a miracle. The North Korean women's football team defeated the Chinese team 1-0 with Choi Il-sun's goal in the opening 10 minutes, won four consecutive victories in the competition, and successfully met the defending champion Japanese women's football team in the final.
Originally, everyone thought that this final should be a close matchup, and the strength of the Japanese women's football team could completely compete with the North Korean women's football team, but the scene of the game was beyond everyone's expectations. Throughout the game, the North Korean women's football team has been firmly in control of the situation on the field, except for a slightly chicken possession rate, the North Korean women's football team has to lead the opponent in all offensive statistics, and the number of shots on goal is far ahead of 21-6.
In the 47th minute, Choi Yishan received a long pass from his teammates and inserted it directly into the penalty area, facing the Japanese women's football goalkeeper Sakata Korin, she stretched out a kick first and stabbed the ball to her teammates who followed up in the middle. In the subsequent games, the offensive of the North Korean women's football team did not decrease at all, and if it were not for the help of the goalpost, the suspense of the game might have been killed early in the morning. In the end, the North Korean women's football team defeated the Japanese women's football team 1-0, and successfully lifted the U17 Women's Asian Cup championship trophy with a proud record of five consecutive wins!
It is worth mentioning that in this tournament, the North Korean women's football team scored 24 goals and did not concede a single goal, and the performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends was perfect. The new Asian champions will also represent the AFC at the U17 Women's World Cup at the end of the year. I wonder if the North Korean women's football team can continue its strong performance in Asia in the competition with the world's strongest teams?